The Asgard Group continues its growth strategy by concluding on February 10, 2023, the acquisition of the assets of Newsteo through AOIP, its 100% subsidiary.
Newsteo, based in La Ciotat, has been offering a complete wireless sensor and measurement management solution for traceability, alerting and supervision purposes since 2005. IoT, smart sensors, radio transmission, low-speed communication, low consumption, long range are the technologies mastered by Newsteo to offer its customers monitoring systems for parameters such as temperature, pressure, humidity, shocks, ... in restrictive environments: monitoring of environmental conditions of manufacture, storage or transport in the cold chain, for foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals, etc. Newsteo's gateways make it possible to report measurements to a local PC or to the Cloud, the Webmonitor application allowing management in the Cloud or on mobile or PC.
AOIP also supplies data acquisition systems worldwide primarily based on data loggers and wired sensors, supervised by its Visulog software. The integration of Newsteo will allow AOIP to strengthen the richness of its solutions and expand its ability to meet the needs of its customers.
The Newsteo metrology laboratory also offers Cofrac accredited temperature calibration services. The laboratory is integrated, alongside the other Cofrac Laboratories, by Sofimae.
The Asgard Group with its subsidiaries AOIP, Dimelco and Sofimae, operates in many fields of activity such as energy, automotive, nuclear, defense, aerospace, transport, telecoms, industry, laboratories and education. AOIP is a recognized player in Measurement, whose equipment and solutions are used by more than 40,000 customers in sixty countries covering all sectors of industry and laboratories. It designs, develops and sells instrumentation equipment (Calibration, Ohmmeters and Data Acquisition Systems), navigation systems and engine starters. AOIP was strengthened in 2022 by the integration of Nimtech, which allowed it to complete its range of pyrotechnic measuring equipment. Dimelco, merged with Sanor in 2019 and strengthened by the acquisition of AJ Service in 2022, is a specialized distributor present throughout France, offering multi-brand test and measurement equipment for industrial use and instrumentation and process solutions. Sofimae, merged with Semelec in 2018, with DPG in 2020 and with Thuel in 2022 and strengthened by the acquisition of Seca's Medixlab activities and ECME laboratory in 2022, is a metrology company offering services, verification, calibration, maintenance and fleet management carried out on site or in its laboratories. Sofimae has eleven Cofrac accreditations (Temperature, Pressure, Acceleration, Time – Frequency, Electricity – Magnetism, Ionizing Radiation, Radiometry – Photometry and Dimensional) and operates from its laboratories based in the Paris region, the Lille region and Nevers.